CHESTER RESIDENCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC305010 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.70M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,700,171

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1.7m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£340k£680k£1.0m£1.4m£1.7mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£1.70M£1.70M
Current assets£1.70M£1.70M
Net assets£1.70M£1.70M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2022-07-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2019-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2018-12-04
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  11. 2017-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-12
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2016-04-30
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    MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne resigned
    secretary
  15. 2015-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-07-18
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    GOOD, Graham resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-07-18
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    MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-08-23
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    GOOD, Graham appointed
    director
  20. 2006-08-23
    ➕
    WOOD, Graham Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2006-08-23
    ➕
    GOOD, Graham appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-08-23
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    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-08-23
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As CHESTER RESIDENCE LIMITED
  25. 2006-07-05
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    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-07-05
    ➕
    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Rothesay Residence Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rothesay Residence Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CHESTER RESIDENCE LIMITED
This company · SC305010

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rothesay Residence Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Rothesay Residence Limitedceased 15/07/2016· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-07-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Blenheim House
Fountainhall Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GOOD, Graham→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Graham Ian→
director · ~51y · appointed 2006-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOOD, Graham→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-23 · resigned 2013-07-18
Resigned
MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne→
secretary · appointed 2013-07-18 · resigned 2016-04-30
Resigned
P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-05 · resigned 2006-08-23
Resigned
P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-05 · resigned 2006-08-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-07-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-18